'Interpretative disciplines such as law have a tendency to focus on what is being said or written. Much less attention is paid to the meaning of silence. Schweiger convincingly shows how silence is not the mere absence of speaking, but an intrinsic part of structures of meaning that enable the use of lethal violence. It is an original, critical and highly topical analysis of things left unsaid.' Professor Wouter Werner 'Silent war deftly demonstrates the significant role that silence plays in producing and sustaining imperial violence. By demonstrating who most often gets to speak and to be heard, by tracing what some silences reveal about deeply rooted assumptions about the value and valuation of different lives, and by highlighting how silences can be broken, opposed, and, importantly, reconfigured, the book lays bare the global economy of silence that makes up our world.' Professor Victoria Basham -- .
